Kirsten Gillibrand hits up Fashion Week

“I love Carolina’s history in terms of dressing first ladies, being part of our culture over the last several decades,” Gillibrand told Women’s Wear Daily at the Fashion Week event on Monday. “I think it’s important to come show my support for her specifically, and I personally really admire her designs. They’re ones that I can definitely wear.”

Stressing the economic importance of the fashion industry in New York, the senator said, “It creates hundreds of thousands of jobs, it generates billions of dollars of revenue.”

Gillibrand attended the show as Wintour’s guest. No stranger to politics, Wintour is a noted bundler for President Barack Obama and recently hosted an event in Manhattan for his reelection bid.